Marking ticket



' May 26,1925. 1,539,339

G. A. WALLIN MARKING TICKET Filed Sepc. 2 1924 illllll lllllll mm! Hh'lVen-ror.

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Patented May 26', 1925.

UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFICE.

GUSTAF A. WALLIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'I'O ATKIMBALLCOMPANY,

. OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MARKING TICKET.

Application filed September 2, 1924. Serial No. 735,321.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUs'rAF A. IVALLIN,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, county ofKings, State of New York, have invented an Improvement inMarkingTickets, of which the following description, in connection withthe accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on thedrawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to a marking ticket having as its object toprovide a construction of ticket that when applied to the article to bemarked can be applied thereto in such a manner that it cannot be removedwithout the practical destruction of the ticket and further to providesuch a construction of ticket as can be applied to an article which itis either undesirable or impossible to penetrate with the prongs of thefastening device of the marking ticket.

In the patent of Marsh and Vallin,

#1,05 l-,927, granted March 4, 1913, is disclosed a prong fastener typeof marking ticket so constructed that when applied to the fabric to bemarked it cannot be removed withoutthe practical destruction of theticket. Thus any attempt to detach or remove the ticket is clearly andunmistakably indicated. Such marking tickets are of particular value inmarking, as with the price, quality, and similar information, fabrics,garments and other articleswhich are sent to (mstomerson approval andwhich would. be damaged or reduced in value if used by the customer.

A marking ticket such as shown in the foregoing patent is not availablefor use in the marking of articles which cannot be, or which it isdesirable shall not be, penetrated by the prongs of the fastening deviceof the ticket such, for example, as combs which must not be used forhygienic reasons except by the final purchaser and articles such, forexample, asjewelry through which the prongs must not be passed.

The present invention presents a simple and practical form of prongfastener marking ticket which can be attached to an article withoutpenetration by the prong and which is non-removable from the articlewithout destruction of the ticket.

These and other objects of the invention will appear more fully from theaccom- Fig. 4 is a View in central vertical crosssection of the ticketas attached to the comb.

The main body portion of theticket is composed of any suitable markingticket material, such for example as a thin tough cardboard, and may beof any desired size according to the requirements of the article tobe'marked and the data to be placed upon the marking ticket. In the formillustrated, the ticket comprises two main flaps, 1 and 2, of the samesize and. of substantiallyrectangular shape connected at the scored line3 and a prong covering flap 4 connected to the free end of the main flap2 atthe scored line 5.

The main flap 2 is provided near its free end with the transverseslotGand', preferably, between this slot and the free end with twoapertures 7 adapted to receive the prongs of the fastener.

The prong fastener in the construction illustrated, is of a familiarform and is made of wire. The prongs .8 of this fastener pass throughthe main flap 1 near its free end and the body 9 of the fastener isclamped about the free edge of this flap, leaving the prongs normallyprojecting at right angles to the face of the flap.

An essential feature of the present invention is a flexible connectorwhich is secured atone end to, and projects from, the free end of themain flap 1.. This flexible con nector may be of any suitable materialand of any suitable quality, size, and length. A simple and convenientform of connector is a piece of ordinary cloth tape. One end of theflexible connector may be secured in any suitable manner to the mainflap 1, provided it is not removable therefrom with out practicaldestruction of the ticket, while the other end must be free to be passedaround or through the article to be marked and must be capable of-beingfastened or elongated tongue 1:),

secured in place by the prong fastener be tween the main flaps of theticket. These results are preferably and conveniently secured by aconstruction such as thatillustrated in which the flexible strip of tapehas both otits ends secured by inipalementon the prong fastener. Thestrip of tap'e illustrated has one end 10 impaled upon the prongs 8. Itis then looped through" or about the article, as for example, betweenthe teeth of the comb 12. The other end 11 is then impaled upon theprongs 8.

The main flap 2 is then folded about the scored line 3 intojuxtaposition with'the main flap. 1, the prongs 8 being passed throughthe flap 2and preferably through the apertures 7. This causes both endsof the flexible connector or tape to be in a position out of reach andto be concealed between the main flaps. The prongs 8-are then turneddown upon the outer face o't the main flap 2 orinto the position shownin the dotted lines of Fig- Preferably the prongs are bent to formaclosed wire loop embracing that portion-0t the-two ticket flaps and-or"the tape between the prongs -with each prong'extending in-the directionof the edgeof the ticket further from its base in accordance with theprinciple ofthe invention of another application tiled concurrentlyherewith by me.

The prong.covering-flap terminates in an which is of a width suitable-topass through the slot-:6 and which has at its free endan, aperture14-.-. This covering flap is next bent'backabout the scored line 5 andthe tongue 13-. is passed throughvthe slot 6 between the main flaps 1and 2, thus covering and protecting the down turned prongs.

Apertures 15 in the flap 1 and 16 in the flap 2 are provided to registerwith the aperture let of the interposedtongue 13. An ordinary metaleyelet 17 isthen set in place in the registering apertures 14, 15,- andapplied avithout practically destroying the ticket as by tearing thetongue or removing the set or riveted fastener 17.

Having thusdesoribed the invention, whatis claimed asnew, and desired tobe secured by I'iette1s-Patent,is:

1. A prong fastener marking ticket for attachment tonan article withoutpenetra- ,tion thereofby theprong and non-remow able therefrom withoutdestruction of the ticket comprising two fOlCltlblB main flaps, one flaphaving a transverse slot near its free end, a flexible connector securedat one end to and projecting from the free end ot the second flap, andaprong fastener adjacent theiree end of and securedto the second flapand adapted to engageand secure the free end of the' tlexible' connectorbetween two flaps and. to pass through the first flap andto be turneddown thereupon, aprongcovering 'flapon the free end of the first' flaphavingan elonga'ted tongue adapted to pass'through the slot and extendbetween the two main flaps, and means for permanently seen-ring togetherthe two main flaps and the interposed tongue;

2, A prongftastener marking ticket hav-- ingthe construction defined inclaim 1 in which the flexible connectorconsists of a StllP'zOf flexible:material having both of its ends secured by impaleinent on the prongtastener-.'

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name: to this -'specification.,v

. 'eu'sirixr it. WALLIN.

